Google has recently launched the Analytics Academy, a spot for anyone interested in digital analyst/marketing to learn more about digital analytics -- specifically using Google Analytics.
While it features a community and announcements, the primary purpose of the academy is the course, Digital Analytics Fundamentals. The three-week course "provides a foundation for marketers and analysts seeking…

I run a relatively popular Drupal-powered site that entirely depends on user-generated content. Because the site has a decent amount of clout with the search engines, and because the principle of the site is about sharing links, it tends to get hammered with spam.
The vast majority of spam is submitted by bots, which is relatively easy to combat (I use reCAPTCHA and Spamicide). However, and…

As someone who makes their living sitting in front of this silicon and liquid crystal box, I guess it's little surprise that every few months I get itchy and feel the need to redecorate my system a bit.
It was just this desire for change that led me to skin my Windows XP machine to look just like a Mac OSX system. Largely that depended on WindowBlinds, a program that allows you to do all sorts of…

Much the anti-thesis of my "I hate IE" post, I love Firefox. From principle to practice, it just is what a browser should be.
That said, one of the things that's been bugging me lately about Firefox is that it is just crap on resources. I admit, I'm terrible with having 19 trillion tabs open at the same time, and that's bound to slow stuff down. But, what I don't like is that even after those tab…

When I was a kid, I loved spring cleaning! In my hometown, spring cleaning meant one thing, and one thing only - free stuff! People would clean out their attics and basements and lay it out on the curb for all to pick through.
I would come home with an endless assortment of random goodies - an old kickstand, goalie pads, a broken armchair - that would sit around the house until the following spri…